A species once declared extinct in the wild was brought back from the brink after scientists used decades-old genetic material to restore lost bloodlines. As cloning technology advances and projects ...

Credit: Gaorong Li and Xiaodong Wang New fossils hint that the roots of complex animal life stretch further back than ...

A unique cache of plant fossils from volcanic deposits in New Mexico contradicts the common narrative that flowering plants ...

The company is working with the federal government on a vault that will store frozen material from plants and animals protected by the Endangered Species Act.

The move comes as the Trump administration is trying to weaken the act that’s meant to protect endangered species from going extinct in the first place.

This potentially all-female burial site opens up new questions regarding Homo naledi’s culture and social structure. If the ...